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Dhoni should be CSK captain as long as he is playing IPL: AB de Villiers

MS Dhoni's future at Chennai Super Kings is a matter of intense speculation and the great AB de Villiers reckons that the World Cup-winning captain must lead his side, if at all he decides to play another IPL season. CSK have won five titles under Dhoni's leadership and the two share a bond like no other. Looking at the future, Dhoni had handed over the captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad a day before the IPL 2024 opener. Gaikwad did not do a bad job as a captain and a batter but CSK could not make the IPL play-offs. Dhoni's future in the IPL remains a subject of debate as he has left everyone guessing. He retired from international cricket in 2020. With due respect to Gaikwad, de Villiers had called the captaincy change a mistake at the start of the season and on Wednesday he stood by his remarks. "I will only give you an honest answer if you're going to report it in the right way yes so I wouldn't say I called it a mistake. What I meant by that was with MS Dhoni around, playing against

IPL 2024: A few of us are not 100%, there is a bug in dressing room- Samson

Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson on Wednesday said "a few of us are not 100 percent" fit but expressed confidence that they have got the momentum back with the four-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL eliminator here. RR entered the eliminator following a run of four defeats. "What cricket and life has taught us is we will have some great days, we will have some really bad days. Important to bounce back. The way we batted, bowled and fielded, I am really happy. All the credit has to go to the players," Samson said at post-match presentation. "We look at the field set and planning, the credit has to go to Sanga (Kumar Sangakkara) and the team of support staff for discussing tactics. "Ashwin and Avesh bowled tremendously well. If you look at our batting unit, there is a lot of youngsters. They are 22-years old, they are less experienced but they played well." Samson added, "A few of us are not 100%. I'm not a 100% actually. There is a bug in the dressing room

IPL 2024: RCB cancelled practice due to heatwave, not terror threat- Report

'There was no terror threat': Gujarat Cricket Association denied the claims made by a Bengali daily and said that RCB cancelled their practice session due to the heatwave.

IPL 2024 final: Which team will join KKR in grand finale on May 26?

Knight Riders have been impeccable this year, winning against all the teams and losing just three games at the league stage

RR vs RCB highlights, Eliminator IPL 2024: Royals beat Bengaluru to face Hyderabad in Qualifier 2

IPL 2024 LIVE SCORE UPDATES, Eliminator RR vs RCB full scorecard: Ashwin and Boult bowled superbly as Rajasthan restricted Bengaluru to 172/8. No RCB batter crossed the 50-run mark

IPL 2024 Qualifier 2: Royals book Chennai tickets, one step away from final

The winner of IPL 2024 Qualifier 2 between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals on Friday, May 24, will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the final

RR vs RCB Eliminator: Kohli first player to hit 8000 runs in IPL history

Virat Kohli is the only batter who even scored the 7000 runs milestone in Indian Premier League, as Shikhar Dhawan, who is thesecond highest run-scorer in IPL, has 6769 runs in his kitty

T20 WC 2024: Ponting finds it funny that Indian people criticise Kohli

The 49-year-old went on to say that Kohli would be his first pick in the Indian playing XI for the upcoming T20 World Cup

IPL 2024 Eliminator, RR vs RCB head-to-head, Ahmedabad weather pitch report

RR vs RCB head-to-head: Bengaluru have advantage as they have won 15 out of 31 matches against RR's 13. When the two teams faced each other previously in IPL 2024, RR emerged victorious by 6 wickets.

KKR vs SRH highlights, IPL 2024 Qualifier 1: Knight Riders march to the final with huge win

Indian Premier League 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad highlights: KKR entered their fourth IPL final with a thumping eight-wicket win as they chased down 160 in 13.4 overs

Kohli vs Sandeep to Sanju vs Siraj: Top matchups in IPL 2024 eliminator

Here are the key matchups to look out for in this game with stars like Virat Kohli, Trent Boult, Glenn Maxwell, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Sanju Samson on display

Why players from top 2 IPL 2024 teams failed to make India's WC main squad?

Not one player from IPL 2024 top two teams, KKR and SRH, have found a place in India's main squad for the T20 World Cup, while 4 players from Mumbai Indians made it to the players' list

IPL 2024 RR vs RCB Eliminator: Trent could dent the prospects of Bengaluru

With the match-up not in favour of Boult otherwise against Kohli, the 35-year-old would hope to make the best use of his final form at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad

IPL 2024 RR vs RCB Eliminator: Virat Kohli bringing power in the powerplay

It is only because of his strike rate of 162 and an average of 85.8 in the powerplay in IPL 2024 that RCB have managed to put together six wins in a row

IPL 2024 Qualifier 1: KKR vs SRH Playing 11, live toss time, streaming

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing 11 prediction: Sunrisers and Knight Riders have made no changes in their Playing 11.

IPL 2024 Qualifier 1, KKR vs SRH: The battle of two six-hitting teams

In the powerplay, Sunrisers batters have hit 55 sixes compared to KKR's 39. SRH batters sent the ball over the boundary line most 63 times at a rate of 4.8 sixes per match in the middle overs.

Check Orange and purple cap holders in Indian Premier League 2024 here

IPL 2024: Virat Kohli is likely to win the orange cap while Harshal Patel might get tough competition from KKR's spinner Varun Chakaravarthy and SRH's pacer T Natarajan

I hope IPL does not become a shortcut to play for India, says Gambhir

Former India opener Gautam Gambhir loves the IPL, and the quality of cricket it produces, but doesn't want the franchise-based T20 league to become the pathway to the Indian team for youngsters. Speaking on Ravichandran Ashwin's YouTube show, 'Kutti Stories with Ash', Gambhir said, "The bigger concern that arises is about how many youngsters want to play Test cricket for India. I hope the IPL is not a shortcut to play for India." The Kolkata Knight Riders team mentor also asserted that the IPL has benefitted the Indian domestic cricketers. "Today, when I look at international T20 sides, apart from 2-3 teams, I don't see enough competition when it comes to playing for India," he said. "Not many teams can match the quality that India has. So, I feel that in today's day and age, IPL has become far more competitive than international T20 cricket. "Just the quality of the domestic players has changed, the way domestic players want to play in the IPL and the way they work around T20 cri

IPL 2024: Star Sports denies Rohit's claim of leaking private conversations

IPL broadcaster Star Sports on Monday denied airing the audio of any personal conversation involving Rohit Sharma after the Indian captain accused the channel of "breaching" his privacy despite his requests to stop the recording. Rohit was seen asking the broadcasters to shut down the audio while recording him during his chat with Kolkata Knight Riders' Abhishek Nayar after an IPL fixture. On Sunday, he accused the channel of airing a private conversation. The channel denied the charge in a statement. "The clip, taken during a training session on May 16 at Wankhede stadium, for which Star Sports had authorised access, momentarily showed the senior player in conversation with his friends on the sidelines. No audio from this conversation was either recorded or broadcast. "The clip, which only showed the senior player requesting for the audio of his conversation to not be recorded, got featured in Star Sports' live coverage of pre-match preparations and lacked editorial relevance beyo

IPL 2024: Rohit Sharma lashes out at broadcasters for breaching privacy

India skipper Rohit Sharma on Sunday lashed out at the IPL broadcasters for "breaching" cricketers' privacy by recording their conversations with friends and colleagues at training and on match days and then telecasting the contents. Rohit expressed his disappointment after a video involving him and Kolkata Knight Riders assistant coach Abhishek Nayar, in which the former is seen contemplating his future at the Mumbai Indians, went viral. "The lives of cricketers have become so intrusive that cameras are now recording every step and conversation we are having in privacy with our friends and colleagues, at training or on match days," Rohit posted on X. He added, "Despite asking Star Sports to not record my conversation, it was and was also then played on air, which is a breach of privacy." "The need to get exclusive content and focused only on views and engagement will one day break the trust between the fans, cricketers and cricket. Let better sense prevail." Rohit was seen making